OOC: Syllabus [Fall 20100

Ethics Syllabus:

Week 1: Self-sacrifice: the difference between saving people and being a pretentious twit.
Week 2: Lying: Hiding things for someone else's own good, or your own?
Week 3: The Golden Rule: Do unto others. Really?
Week 4: Pride: You're not a unique and perfect snowflake. Get over yourself.
Week 5: Gluttony: The spiral of self-indulgence.
Week 6: Envy: People will be better than you at some things. Is that okay?
Week 7: MIDTERM PROJECT: Working in partnership, dealing with power struggles
Week 8: The seven virtues: (Chastity, temperance, charity)
Week 9: The seven virtues: (Diligence, Forgiveness, Kindness, Humility)
Week 10: Sloth: Squandering your gifts and why that's stupid.
Week 11: Greed: You can't have it all. Suck it up.
Week 12: Wrath: Killing entire villages is bad. Um. Hypothetically. Right?
Week 13: Lust: Yes, you're in high school. It doesn't mean you have to try to get laid all the time.
Week 14: Ethics of parenting practical exercise
Week 15: FINAL

[OOC: Subject to change at the whims of the mun/whatever's going on in-game]

Detentions [OOC how-tos]:

You're in a class with Anakin Skywalker. It's shockingly easy to get a detention. Excessive note-passing (more than three back-and-forths between characters), falling asleep, or chattering with another student in the lecture section of the class will get you a detention, as will arguing with Anakin in a tone he finds disrespectful (though he is careful not to give out detentions just for disagreeing with him. If you phrase it as "wow, you must be stupid to believe that," well, things will change). Trying to throw a punch will get you a fun demonstration of Force powers, a fully pissed off, highly trained Jedi on your case, and a detention. For both parties.

Oh, and Anakin's got excellent hearing, and can read minds. He's also almost pathologically incapable of letting someone else get the last word. Basically, he used to help run a galaxy. Now he is the boss of a single classroom. Please don't push him if you aren't prepared for detention.

That being said, Anakin's admittedly skewed perspectives != the views of his player. The students should be intimidated ICly, not their players OOCly. I swear I don't bite!